Kaylie Cullison, a dual-degree candidate at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s Medical Scientist Training Program, is leading some of strategic research in the lab of Dr. Eric A. Mellon, M.D., Ph.D., co-leader of Sylvester’s Neurologic Cancer Site Disease Group and radiation oncologist. She has been Dr. Mellon’s mentee since 2018.

“I first did a research rotation with Dr. Mellon, and I knew he would be my mentor,” she said. “I have been given the opportunity and support to lead my research projects, advance my professional development, and witness firsthand the grit and determination that it takes to become a successful physician-scientist in the process.” With Dr. Mellon’s guidance, Cullison is currently working on determining if daily monitoring of tumor changes during a course of MRI-guided linear accelerator therapy could result in early prediction of treatment response.